Weekly Boost
This Week in Fifth Grade
Week 39
Grammar Review
Grammar Review
Continue to review grammar in preparation for sixth grade, and encourage your child to write regularly over the summer holidays. Devote some time decorating a summer writing journal. Print out grammar examples from worksheets that your child can glue into the journal's inside front cover for easy reference.
Continue to review grammar in preparation for sixth grade, and encourage your students to write regularly over the summer holidays. Devote word study time to decorate summer writing journals. Give students a grammar guide printout to glue into the journal's inside front cover for easy reference.
Grammar Review: Articles
Worksheet
Grammar Review: Articles
Does your child know her parts of speech? Here's a great review of articles (or determiners), which are technically a type of adjective!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Grammar Review: Clauses
Worksheet
Grammar Review: Clauses
What are clauses, and how do you use them to create sentences? Find out with this worksheet on independent and dependent clauses.
5th grade
Worksheet
Grammar Review: Adverbs
Worksheet
Grammar Review: Adverbs
Help your 5th grader understand adverbs and improve his writing skills with this grammar review sheet.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Operations Mixed Review
Operations Mixed Review
Review 5th-grade concepts to get your child prepared for 6th grade! Continue to relate mathematical concepts to real-world situations. For example, you may need to convert unit measurements if a recipe calls for 1/4 of a cup and you only have tablespoons. Asking your child for help is a good way for them to see the impact their learning can have on their daily lives.
Review 5th-grade concepts to get your students prepared for 6th grade! Continue to relate mathematical concepts to real-world situations. For example, conduct a cooking assignment where you have measurements listed that require your students to make unit conversions so they can accurately measure the ingredients. Hands-on activities are the perfect way to get your students to remember and apply their learning in the future.
Measurement & Data Review
Worksheet
Measurement & Data Review
Assess your students’ knowledge of fifth grade data and measurement concepts.
5th grade
Math
Worksheet
Multiplication of Mixed Numbers with Area Models
Lesson plan
Multiplication of Mixed Numbers with Area Models
Teach your students to use an area model to solve multiplication problems with mixed numbers.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Area Models and Mixed Numbers
Lesson plan
Area Models and Mixed Numbers
Help students visually represent multiplication with mixed numbers and whole numbers. Use this lesson as a standalone lesson, or as support for the lesson Multiplication of Mixed Numbers with Area Models.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Primary Source Documents
Primary Source Documents
Primary sources, such as manuscripts and video recordings, can provide an interesting lens into a particular time and place. They can give information that eliminates some of the author's point of view and gets to the bare-bone facts. This week, help your child understand ideas in the United States Constitution by looking at excerpts of the Constitution. Older documents and manuscripts can be hard to understand, so make sure to talk to your child about what the documents say and mean using graphic organizers and comprehension questions.
Primary sources, such as manuscripts and video recordings, can provide an interesting lens into a particular time and place. They can give information that eliminates some of the author's point of view and gets to the bare-bone facts. Older documents and manuscripts can be hard to understand, so make sure to discuss with your students what the documents say and mean using graphic organizer and comprehension questions.
Vocab in History: Preamble to the Constitution
Worksheet
Vocab in History: Preamble to the Constitution
Give your 5th grader's vocabulary a boost with help from the Preamble to the Constitution. This worksheet packs vocab and history practice all in one.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
Lesson plan
Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
What's the difference between primary and secondary sources? This lesson will compare the two types of sources and ask students to discuss the benefits of using each source.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Elections and Conditions
Lesson plan
Elections and Conditions
Use this lesson to help your ELs understand details in a sentence by identifying conditional phrases. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support to the lesson Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Hybrid Writing
Hybrid Writing
Now your child has an understanding of different styles of writing, they can challenge themselves with hybrid writing. Have them choose two pieces of writing on the same topic that is written in two different genres styles - like a narrative story and an informational essay. Challenge your child to combine the essay and story into a cohesive hybrid writing piece. When your child is finished, ask them to consider if their new hybrid text helps keep the story interesting while giving information on the topic as well.
Now that students have an understanding of different styles of writing, they can challenge themselves with hybrid writing. Have students choose two pieces of writing on the same topic that is written in two different genres styles - like a narrative story and an informational essay. Challenge students to combine the essay and story into a cohesive hybrid writing piece. When students finish writing, ask them to consider if their new hybrid text helps engage readers and keeps the story interesting.
Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
Worksheet
Should I Recycle This?: Nonfiction Text
This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
State Your Claim
Lesson plan
State Your Claim
Help your students explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text by giving them high-interest nonfiction texts to read.
5th grade
Math
Lesson plan
Write an Informative Paragraph
Worksheet
Write an Informative Paragraph
This resource will help your third graders organize their ideas into a cohesive, informative paragraph.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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